If you ever have felt like God doesn't listen to your prayers, if you feel like your prayers

are hitting the ceiling and you're like, I don't even know if God's hearing this, then today's

promise is for you. Welcome to the Prayers of Rest podcast.

I'm your host, Ashrida Chuchu, and this season we're resting in the promises of God.

Specifically today, we're praying through God's promise to listen to our prayers.

So as we begin, take a deep breath and quiet your heart as we become aware of God's loving presence around us and within us.

Today's reading comes from 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 12.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are

attentive to their prayers let's begin by reciting God's goodness praising him for who he is and for

what he's done in our lives. Heavenly Father, you are so kind and so gracious to have your

eyes on us, to have your ears open to us. God, thank you that you listen to my prayer.

And even as I think about this verse, that your eyes are on the righteous, I'm so aware that

my righteousness is not for myself, that it comes from Jesus.

So I thank you this morning for the righteousness of Jesus, for his perfect,

perfect life and perfect death and perfect resurrection, that because of him, all who believe in

him are made right with you. And because of his ministry as our high priest and intercessor, we can come to you.

God, thank you. Thank you that when you look at your children, it is not our own good deeds or

our own righteousness that you see but the perfect

righteousness of Jesus Christ and that because of him you hear me when I cry out to

you so in the next few moments take time to recite God's goodness.

Praise Him for being the God who hears your prayers, for being the one who welcomes you

to talk to him this morning this day, regardless of what you've done in the last seven days. He is the God who receives you.

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